WASHINGTON, DC—The winners of the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation’s 2013 Young Native Writers Essay contest have been announced. They include five Native Americans from Montana, Texas, California and North Carolina. Their tribal affiliations are Blackfeet Nation, Choctaw Nation, the Round Valley Indian Tribe, Chickasaw Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The contest is open to high school students from all tribal communities throughout the U.S.

This contest was created in 2006 in response to a tragedy on the reservation for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. It f...